Mantegari, who's served on the Budget Committee for two terms, is now hoping to make it on to the Board of Selectmen. If elected, Mantegari hopes to ensure the selectmen will have more of an impact on decisions made with department heads.

"I would like to see better fiscal management" said Mantegari.

Mantegari is also running for re-election to his seat on the Budget Committee, but if elected to both positions, he will choose the selectman's position. He said he would prefer to be on the Board of Selectmen because he could be more involved in town matters.

"I want to have more of an impact on what's going on in the town," said Mantegari, adding that he would like to fill the position of liaison between the Board of Selectmen and the Budget Committee.

Mantegari works as an insurance adjuster in Brentwood.

Hubbard is running for his first elected position.

"I've always been interested in town politics," said Hubbard, but he'd never had the time to get involved. Now that he has the time, he'd like to use it to serve the town.

"I'd like to focus in getting the departments working together," in the hopes of reducing costs, said Hubbard.

Hubbard has lived in Brentwood since 1997 and has four children. He works as a real estate agent and owns a real estate brokerage firm in Brentwood, The Real Estate Hub, LLC.

While Hubbard has no experience in town politics, he believes his management positions in his professional life will help him serve as Brentwood Selectman.

"I'm hoping my work experience will help the town in cutting costs without sacrificing services," he said.

Artimovich (incumbent) is hoping his first term on the board has given him the tools to serve Brentwood once again.

"After three years I finally have an idea of how to help the town out," said Artimovich.

Artimovich said in the past few years town employees have suffered through health care plan changes and cutbacks on raises in order to keep the budget low, so he hopes to give back to them.

"I've always been a proprietor for treating our employees well," he said.

Artimovich thinks that as a board member it is important to not only offer up ideas, but to listen to and consider others as well.

"I believe you need to step back, look at problems or ideas and have active discussions about issues," he said. "In a board of five people everyone brings something different to the table, that only benefits the town if you're willing to listen and be objective about the issue."

Artimovich has lived in Brentwood for six years and is married with four children. He works dispatch for the sheriff's office and as a part-time police officer in Sandown. He also worked as a police officer in Brentwood for 10 years, but resigned in April of 2010 "to be better able to serve the town."

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